My 10 year old ASD daughter has severe school anxiety. She has always struggled with school from starting nursery. She has learning difficulties and auditory processing disorder. She has an EHCP and lots of help at school but her anxiety around school is taking over her life and ours. She worries about it constantly... every single day is a battle trying you get her there, she has all the usual anxiety symptoms, she has night terrors, she hardly sleeps, in the morning she's shaking, feeling sick, tummy pains, she cries every morning going into school and the teachers basically have you drag her away from.. it breaks my heart. I try to do the right thing, well what the school think is right, and that's force her in but I'm so worried it's all affecting her mental health. She cries several times throughout the day and they don't send her home. She's scared to step foot in the playground. When she comes home shes burnt out and needs to lie down in her room and then the anxiety starts up again, worrying about the next day.. its just turning into a vicious circle and she seems quiet and depressed 😢
School know about her problems and think the best way is to keep making her go in but I disagree. We have an appointment with the educational psychologist next week to discuss this and find ways to help her. Have any of you guys been through this with your kiddies and what did the psychologist suggest to help with this awful situation? Any help would be greatly appreciated x